Extinct monsters and creatures of other days: a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life (1911)
Hutchinson, H. N. (Henry Neville), 1856-1927 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 295
SEA-SERPENTS 193 no less than seven different skeletons of these monsters in sight at once ! The same authority mentions that the Museum of Yale College contains remains of not less than 1400 distinct indi- viduals. In some of' these the skeleton is nearly if not quite complete ; so that every part… … 1 2 Fig. 69. — Lower tooth of Leiodon. 1. Side view. 2. Profile. one species have been discovered in North America, in the States of New Jersey, Alabama, Kansas, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Nebraska. The same authority has shown that they were characterised by a wonderful elongation of form,…
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